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On Sun, 2026-07-05 at 01:32 -0500, Igor Korot wrote:
> Hi, ALL,
> Google recommends using pg-config.
>=20
> However, some distro prefer to use pkg-config and don't even include
> local configuration file.
>=20
> Is this file located everywhere and if not - how do I check it inside
> configure.ac?
>=20
> Thank you.
>=20


See chapter 9.27.11, not Mr. Google.

select version();

PostgreSQL 18.4 (Debian 18.4-1+b1) on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc (Debian 15.3.0-1) 15.3.0, 64-bit
(1 row)